Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Publication of advertisements of cures
(1) No person shall publish any advertisement or statement intended to promote the sale of any medicine, appliance or article for…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Secrecy of proceedings
(1) Inquiries and proceedings before a magistrate or any court of law under this Part shall be secret and conducted in camera, and…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Rights of persons detained in hospital
(1) Any person detained in hospital under this Part shall be entitled to arrange, at his own expense, for his examination by any m…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Examination of females
Where any order is made under this Part requiring the medical examination of any female and such female desires to be examined by…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Medical examination of inhabitants of localities where venereal disease believed prevalent
(1) Where the Minister on a report by a medical officer has reason to believe that a person is suffering from venereal disease, he…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Detention in hospital of infected person
(1) Where any person sentenced to imprisonment under this Act or any other law is suffering from a venereal disease in a communica…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Conveyance of infection an offence
Every person who wilfully or by culpable negligence infects any other person with venereal disease or does or permits or suffers a…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Duties of medical officers of health and district surgeons to report, and powers of magistrates
(1) It shall be the duty of every medical officer of health in his official capacity and of every Government medical officer and d…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Infection by employees
(1) Every person who, while suffering from any venereal disease in a communicable form, accepts or continues in employment in or a…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Duties of parents or guardians of infected children
(1) Every parent or guardian of a child who knows or has reason to believe that such child is suffering from any venereal disease…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Duties of medical practitioners
Every medical practitioner who attends or advises any patient in respect of any venereal disease from which the patient is sufferi…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Persons suffering from venereal disease to have themselves treated until cured
(1) Every person who knows or has reason to believe that he is suffering from any venereal disease shall forthwith consult a medic…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Venereal diseases
The provisions of this Act, unless otherwise expressed, in so far as they concern venereal diseases, shall be deemed to apply to s…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Director of Medical Services may requisition buildings, equipment, etc.
(1) Where an outbreak of any formidable epidemic disease exists or is threatened, it shall be lawful for the Director of Medical S…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Medical officers of health to report notification of formidable epidemic diseases by telegraph
Every medical officer of health shall immediately report to the Director of Medical Services by telegraph or other expeditious mea…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Notification of sickness or mortality in animals suspected of plague
(1) Every person who becomes aware of any unusual sickness or mortality among rats, mice, cats, dogs or other animals susceptible…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Power of entry
The Director of Medical Services and his officers shall have power of entry on any premises or vessels for the purpose of executin…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Health authority to see to execution of rules
The health authority of any area within which or part of which any rules made under section 36 of this Act are in force shall do a…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Rules for prevention of disease
Whenever any part of Kenya appears to be threatened by any formidable epidemic, endemic or infectious disease, the Minister may ma…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Formidable epidemic, endemic or infectious diseases
The provisions of this Act, unless otherwise expressed, in so far as they concern formidable epidemic, endemic or infectious disea…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Power to provide temporary supply of medicine
Any municipal council may, with the sanction of the board, themselves provide or contract with any person to provide a temporary s…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Recovery of cost of maintaining patient in hospital
Any expenses incurred by a municipal council in maintaining in a hospital, or in a temporary place for the reception of the sick (…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Power of municipal council to provide hospital
(1) Any municipal council with the sanction of the board may provide for the use of the inhabitants of its area hospitals or tempo…
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Public Health Act CAP 242▤
Duty of person letting house lately infected to give true information
Any person letting for hire or showing for the purpose of letting for hire any dwelling or premises or part thereof who, on being…
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